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Patented Oct. L6, 1866.

WILLIAM c. nonen, or WASHINGTON, Drs'rnrcr oF-coLUMBIA.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 5&790, dated October 16, 1866.

To all whom it mayconcem:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. Bones, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improve;

ments in Magazine-Guns; and I do hereby (leclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,-and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of v this specification, in which-- Figure l is a plan view of the under side of the barrei and magazine, with .the'latter shown open. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same with a portion broken away to show the internal arrangemen-t'of the parts. Fig. 3 is aside in a simple and cheap manner, and with as few pieces as possible; and consists in arranging the tube that formsthe magazine so that it -can be shoved forward far enough to permit the cartridges to be entered at its "rear end, in

connection with a spring for'holding the cartridges as fed in,-and in a device for holdin g the magazine in place when closed.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use myinvent-ion, I will preceed to describe it.

A represents the barrel, and B tube secured underneath it by means of the two bands 12 p, the tube B sliding longitudinally in the bands. The under side of the barrel is rhollowed out slightly, as shown in crosssection in Fig. 4, to permit the tube B to fit snugly under it. To the rear portion of the tube B, on its upper side, is secured a springcatch, g, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and in the under side of the barrel is formed a groove, h, of sufficient size to receive the spring g and permit it to slide freely therein as thetube B is moved back and forth. The groove h is made of proper length to permit the tube to be shoved forward far enough to bring its rear e nd'out of its seat in the breech-frame C, and

leave sufiicient space between its rear end and the front of C to permit the cartridges to be dropped sidewise into the space, and then be shoved forward into the rear open end of the tube B. When the tube 13 has been thus shoved forward the front end of the spring g strikes against the shoulder at the front end of the groove 14, and thus acts as a stop to prevent the further movement of the tube B. The spriugmsliding in the groove It, also acts as a guide, and prevents the tube B f; om being turned or rotated in the bands, thereby insuring the hcepin g of the various parts in their proper position to operate as intended.

The spring g has a catch or shoulder on its under face, at its rear end, which, when the tube is shoved forward, projects down over the edge of tube B at its rear end, or through a hole near the end of the same, as shown in Fig. 5, in such a manner that as a cartridge is shoved forward into the tube B this catch on the-spring g' catches over the end of the cartridge, and keeps itfrom being shoved out by the spiral spring in the tube used for feeding the cartridges back into the gun when in use.

A pin, 1', is located transversely in the front portion of thcbreech-frame G, as shown in Fig.

2, in such a position that as the tube B, with spring g, is shoved back the beveled point of the spring 9 will ride up on said pin 1', and be thus raised up out of the way of the cartridges, whiclrare thus permitted to slide back past the catch of spring 9 into the gun.

In order to hold the tube B securely in place and keep the magazine closed, I locate a levercatch, 0, in a proper recess in the side of the breechframe C, as shown in' Fig. 1. This lever is pivoted at 1), its rear end having a knob or projection, a, on its side, which fits in an opening through the side of O and comes flush therewith, or may be made to, protrude slightly therefrom, as shown in Fig. 1. This lever is provided with a catch, 0, at'its front end on the inside, which locks into the notch 0 in the side of tube B, and thus holds it firmly in its place when closed. The point of the catch 0, and also the side of the tube B adjoining it, are so beveled that when the tube is shoved back the'catch will be thrown out and permit the tube to be shoved back far enough to let the catch -0 lock. into the notch o of tube B, a spring, 0, serving to-throw the ,point of the catch forward and hold it in the notch.

For the purpose of forming a recess or chamher to receive the cartridge preparatory to shoving itinto the tube, I attach a small piece,

Ifdesired, they mity be formed by a, continuation of the frame 0, instead of being mztde of separate pieces.

By this construction of the'magazine I am' enabled to use a tube without any hole or opening in it, except the opening in the rear. end,

and also to dispense with any-door or cover for the openin'gwhen made in the'side of the.

tube, or, in lieu thereof, the useof one tube sliding within anothen; It constitutes a magazine at once extremely simple, light, and cheap-one having but very few parts or pieces, and not likely to get out of order. 4

' Having thus described my inventien, what Iclaim is--' 1. The sliding tube B, with the spring 9 at-v tached, and sliding in the groove k, in combination with the barrel A and breech-frame G, "whensuid' parts ere'arran'ged tcoperate as and for purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with I claim the spring-catch 0, located inside of the breech-frame O, and arranged to be operated from the outside, as shown and described.

3. I claim forming-the chamber for the reception of the cartridges at the rear end of tube B by meansofiuthe pieces m, or their equivalents, substantially as described.

. WILLIAMU. DODGE.

Witnesses:

Emu. F. BROWN,

J NO. D. PATTEN.

the sliding tube B, 

